Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection is a component of Summary Tape File
(STF) 3, which consists of four sets of data containing detailed
tabulations of the nation's population and housing characteristics
produced from the 1980 Census. The STF 3 files contain sample data
inflated to represent the total United States population. The files
also contain 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts of
persons and housing units. All files in the STF 3 series are
identical, containing 321 substantive data var... (more info)

This data collection is a component of Summary Tape File
(STF) 3, which consists of four sets of data containing detailed
tabulations of the nation's population and housing characteristics
produced from the 1980 Census. The STF 3 files contain sample data
inflated to represent the total United States population. The files
also contain 100-percent counts and unweighted sample counts of
persons and housing units. All files in the STF 3 series are
identical, containing 321 substantive data variables organized in the
form of 150 "tables," as well as standard geographic identification
variables. Population items tabulated for each person include
demographic data and information on schooling, ethnicity, labor force
status, and children, as well as details on occupation and income.
Housing items include size and condition of the housing unit as well
as information on value, age, water, sewage and heating, vehicles,
and monthly owner costs. Each dataset provides different geographic
coverage. STF 3C consists of one nationwide data file containing
information about all states. It contains summaries for the United
States, census regions, census divisions, states, standard
consolidated statistical areas (SCSAs), standard metropolitan
statistical areas (SMSAs), urbanized areas, counties, places of
10,000 or more, congressional districts, and minor civil divisions
(MCDs) of 10,000 or more in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The Census Bureau's machine-readable
data dictionary for STF 3 is also available through CENSUS OF
POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980 [UNITED STATES]: CENSUS SOFTWARE PACKAGE
(CENSPAC) VERSION 3.2 WITH STF4 DATA DICTIONARIES (ICPSR 7789), the
software package designed specifically by the Census Bureau for use
with the 1980 Census data files.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Summary Tape File 3C. ICPSR08038-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research[distributor], 2007-12-03. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08038.v1

Methodology

Sample:
Half of all housing units and persons in group quarters in
incorporated places of less than 2,500 persons were included in the
sample. In all other places, one-sixth of the housing units of
persons in group quarters were sampled. Approximately 19 percent of
the nation's housing units were included in this sample.

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-06-28

Version History:

2007-12-03 SAS and SPSS setup files have been
added to this data collection.